Compound Interest Questions

• In what time will Rs.1000 become Rs.1331 at 10% per annum compounded annually?
• Determine the nominal rate of interest if: The periodic rate is 1.75% per quarter.
• A $1000 face value Series S50 compound interest Canada Savings Bond (CSB) was presented to a credit union branch for redemption.What amount did the owner receive if the redemption was requested on:January 17, 2001?
• What is the difference (in Rs) between the compound interests on Rs. 1000 for 1 year at 10% per annum compounded yearly and half-yearly?
• If the amount received at the end of 2nd and 3rd year at compound interest on a certain Principal is Rs 30250, and Rs 33275 respectively, what is the rate of interest?
• A sum of Rs. 2000 amounts to Rs. 4000 in two years at compound interest. In how many years does the same amount becomes Rs. 8000.
• In how many years will Rs 25,000 yield Rs 8,275 as compound interest at 10% per annum compounded annually?
• Albert invested an amount of Rs.8000 in a fixed deposit scheme for 2 years at compound interest rate 5 p.c.p.a. How much amount will Albert get on maturity of the fixed deposit ?
• If the simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 5% per annum is Rs. 50, what is the compound interest on the same at the same rate and for the same time?
• The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on an amount of Rs.15000 for two years is Rs.96. what is the rate of interest per annum
• If you deposit $5000 into an account paying 6% annual interest compounded monthly, how long until there is $8000 in the account?
• Calculate the future value of $3,000 invested at 7% for 5 years
• Assume that money can be invested at 8% compounded quarterly,which is larger,$2500 now or $3800 in 5 years?
• The periodic interest rate corresponding to: 9.75% compounded semiannually
• Two payments of $10,000 each must be made one year and four years from now. If money can earn 9% compounded monthly, what single payment two years from now would be equivalent to the two scheduled payments?
• A chartered bank offers a five-year Escalator Guaranteed Investment Certificate.In successive years it pays annual interest rates of 4%, 4.5%, 5%, 5.5%, and 6%, respectively, compounded at the end of each year. The bank also offers regular five-year GICs paying a fixed rate of 5% compounded annually. Calculate and compare the maturity values of $1000 invested in each type of GIC. (Note that 5% is the average of the five successive one-year rates paid on the Escalator GIC.)
• If the rate of inflation for the next 20 years is 2.5% per year, what annual income will be needed 20 years from now to have the same purchasing power as a $30,000 annual income today?
• Payments of $2000 and $1000 were originally scheduled to be paid one year and five years, respectively, from today. They are to be replaced by a $1500 payment due four years from today, and another payment due two years from today. The replacement stream must be economically equivalent to the scheduled stream. What is the unknown payment, if money can earn 7% compounded semiannually?
• The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs. 1155. The simple interest on the same sum for double the time at half the rate percent per annum is ?
• In what time will Rs. 3300 becomes Rs. 3399 at 6% per annum interest compounded half-yearly ?